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Welcome to Moss ...

Moss is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moss, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Time Zone: Moss lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Moss ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Moss - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moss.

Adding Moss to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Moss in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Moss was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Moss in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moss.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moss. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Lafayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.









 

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